Abstract: A multi-layer circumferentially reinforced radial pneumatic light truck tire having a belt structure of at least two layers of 2+2x.35ST cord for Load Range E.

Abstract: A reinforcing strip, and method of making same specifically adapted for use in reinforcing plies in the belt of rubber tires. The strip comprises a number, preferably 4 to 7, of parallel wires, tightly bound together by a wrapping wire or a binder. This strip form allows to combine the advantages of steel strip, i.e. high lateral and low radial stiffness and thinner plies, with those of conventional steel cord, i.e. high tensile strength and fatigue resistance.

Abstract: A radial tire for motorcycles which comprises: at least one carcass ply of organic fiber cords arranged radially at an angle of 85 to 90 degrees to the tire equator and turned up around the bead cores to form two turned up portions and a main portion therebetween; a tread disposed radially outside the carcass and curved so that the maximum cross section width of the tire lies between the tread edges; a belt disposed radially outside the carcass and inside the tread and having at least one spirally wound cord; and a bead apex disposed between the carcass main portion and each carcass turned up portion, wherein the belt is composed of at least one spirally wound cord having an elastic modulus of not less than 600 kgf/sq.

Abstract: A high performance pneumatic radial tire comprises a toroidal carcass, a tread radially outside a crown portion of the carcass, a belt layer interposed between the carcass and the tread and having a same width of the tread, and an auxiliary layer arranged between the belt layer and the tread and covering the entire belt layer. organic cords are buried substantially parallel to an equatorial plane of the tire in the auxiliary layer, and land portions are defined between at least two circumferential main grooves formed in an outer surface portion of the tread and between the circumferential main grooves and axially opposite edges of the tread.

Abstract: A radial ply tire with a steel belt, which comprises a carcass ply turned up around bead cores from the axially inside to the outside thereof and a belt comprising two plies of parallel steel cords disposed radially outside the carcass ply in a tread portion of the tire, wherein the amount of steel included in the radially innermost belt ply per an axial unit width and a circumferential unit length there is less than that in the radially outer belt ply disposed on the radially outside of the innermost belt ply.

Abstract: A pneumatic radial tire including a carcass layer having cords embedded therein and arranged perpendicular to an equatorial plane of the tire, and a belt layer including at least one belt ply having a large number of cords embedded therein, the cords including one or more filaments. The cords are disposed radially outside of said carcass layer, arranged substantially in parallel to the equatorial plane of the tire and bent in a wavy or zigzag form. At least those of the cords or filaments located at widthwise outermost locations in the parallel belt ply satisfy the following expression:d.times.a/.lambda..sup.2 .ltoreq.0.005and the cords or filaments in the parallel belt ply satisfy the following expression:a/.lambda..ltoreq.0.1wherein d is a filament diameter of the cords or filaments; .lambda. is a wavelength of the form; and a is one half of the amplitude of the form.

Abstract: A pneumatic radial tire containing a steel cord/rubber composite reinforcement structure wherein the steel cord comprises a plurality of steel filaments embedded in a rubber layer.

Abstract: A radial ply pneumatic tire (10) has carcass plies (13-15) reinforced by textile cords and folded axially around a pair of axially spaced bead cores (11,12) and a belt structure (30; 330) comprising at least two layers (32-34; 332-334) made of spirally wound strips. The spirally wound strips are reinforced by cords consisting at least in part of aramid yarns. Between each pair of neighboring layers (332-334) of spirally wound strips, a ply (340,341) reinforced by textile cords is interposed. Such a belt structure is more specifically suitable for an aircraft tire.

Abstract: A pneumatic radial tire including a belt covering reinforcing layer comprising fiber cords each of which comprises a plurality of filaments of a core-sheath composite fiber which comprises a core component of a polyester polymer and a sheath component of a polyamide polymer.

Abstract: Pneumatic tires are rendered less susceptible to blow or blister defects by providing, in at least one cord reinforcement ply of a tire, a plurality of gas absorbing cords with the reinforcement cords and gas absorbing cords lying in the same general plane and with the gas absorbing cords consisting of staple hollow filaments. The gas absorbing cords may be used as fill yarn in weaving fabric employing parallel reinforcement cords.

Abstract: A pneumatic radial tire for automotive vehicles comprising a least one rubber coated steel cord consisting of a pair of intertwisted filaments and having a flatness ratio f in the range of 0.6.ltoreq.f .ltoreq.0.9, where f is defined by 2d/h, where d is a diameter of a filament and h is the maximum diameter of the flattened 1.times.2 cord. This cord is obtained by deforming the cord with a force applied transversely and unidirectionally over its length.

Abstract: A steel cord comprising a core and a sheath arranged around the core. The core consists of two steel filaments, and the sheath consists of eight steel filaments. The diameter of each of the filaments is in a range from 0.30 to 0.42 mm, and a difference D.sub.c -D.sub.s between the diameter D.sub.c of the filaments of the core and that D.sub.s of the sheath is not less than 0.04 mm. The twisted direction of the core is the same as that of the sheath, and a ratio P.sub.s /P.sub.c between a pitch P.sub.s of the sheath and that of P.sub.c of the core is in a range from 1.4 to 3.0.

Abstract: A pneumatic radial tire having a carcass layer of cords disposed substantially at a right angle to the circumferential direction, and four belt layers sandwiched between the carcass layer and a tread. A pair of belt layers composed of a second and a third layer in the direction of from the carcass to the tread of the tire have cord layers crossing one another respectively at an angle of 10.degree. to 30.degree. to the circumferential direction, fatigue resistance of the cords of the second layer being significantly greater than fatigue resistance of the cords of the third layer.

Abstract: A tire for motor cycles has a belt layer containing aromatic polyamide fiber cords spirally wound around a carcass substantially parallel to the equator of a tire, wherein the belt layer is imaginarily divided into a central region (M) and shoulder regions (S and S) at the border points (P and P) spaced apart in the axial direction by a distance of 0.25 times to 0.35 times the tread width (TW) from the equator of a tire and the initial modulus of elasticity of the belt cords in the central region (M) is set to be larger than that of the cords in the shoulder regions (S and S).

Abstract: A heavy duty high speed radial tire has a belt composed of at least one aromatic polyamide fiber cord ply, the product T.multidot..sqroot.D of the cable twist number T (turns/10 cm) of the belt cord and the square root of the total denier number D (deniers) of the cord is 2.466.times.10.sup.3 to 3.036.times.10.sup.3, and the elongation E (%) at breakage of the belt cord divided by the total denier number D is 7.78.times.10.sup.-4 to 12.22.times.10.sup.-4.

Abstract: A pneumatic tire for a passenger car includes a toroidal carcass anchored by a pair of beads and a belt made of laminated strips. The strips have a number of reinforcing elements of cords or filaments surrounding a crown of the toroidal carcass and are coated with a high molecular weight material having a modulus of elasticity less than that of the reinforcing elements. The belt is of a laminated construction of a first layer and a second layer of a single strip. The first layer has wave-shaped reinforcing elements arranged side by side and directing in parallel with an equatorial plane of the tire, while the second layer has reinforcing elements arranged in parallel with each other at angles of 15.degree.-75.degree., preferably 35.degree.-60.degree. with respect to the equatorial plane.

Abstract: A radial tire for heavy duty vehicles having a steel belt layer with triangular structure which is composed of at least three belt plies of steel belt disposed on a carcass, and a middle layer which contains cords of aromatic polyamide fibers which is laid between first belt ply and second belt ply viewed from tread surface side among the belt plies.The middle layer has skirts which are folded over from a main portion of the middle layer and laid between the first and second belt plies so as to wrap around each axial outer end of the first belt ply.The cords of the first belt play and the cords of the second belt ply cross each other at an angle of from 10 to 30 deg. against the tire equator, and the cords of the middle layer slant in the same direction as that of first belt ply at an angle of 3 deg. or less against that of first belt ply.

Abstract: A steel strip (1) comprises two to seven round steel filaments (2) lying in parallel adjacent to one another so as to form a single plane of core filaments and one or more filaments (4) which are wrapped around the core filaments in one single wrapping direction. One or more core filaments, individually, or the plane of the core filaments as a whole have residual elastic torsions to such an extent that the strip remains substantially flat over the whole length of the strip if the strip is not subjected to external forces.

Abstract: A multi-layer circumferentially reinforced radial pneumatic light truck tire having a belt structure of at least two layers of 2.degree.2x.30HT cord for both Load Range C and D.

Abstract: A fiber reinforced composite belt in which a stainless steel fiber aggregate having a diameter of from 5 to 50 .mu.m and impregnated with 1 to 10% by weight of a thermosetting resin such as an epoxy resin is buried as a reinforcing material in a base material for belt, and a process for preparing the above-mentioned fiber reinforced composite belt are provided. This fiber reinforced composite belt is much more excellent in flex resistance, durability, water resistance and coefficient of linear expansion, as compared with not only a rubber belt and a synthetic resin elastomer belt but also belts reinforced by directly burying a stainless steel fiber and a steel fiber in the rubber.

Abstract: A radial tire comprises: a pair of bead cores disposed one in each bead portion of the tire; a carcass having radially arranged cords turned up around the bead cores form the axially inside to the outside thereof; a rubber tread disposed radially outside the carcass; a belt comprising a wider ply and a narrower ply disposed adjacently between the carcass and the tread, each belt ply comprising parallel metallic cords each composed of at most five metallic strands, each strand having a diameter of in a range of 0.10 mm to 0.22 mm, the cord count in each belt plies being in a range of 25 to 45 cords/5 cm in a direction at a right angle to the cord direction; and a rubber damper layer disposed between said adjacent belt plies, the damper layer having a substantially uniform thickness so that the distance between the cords of one belt ply and the cords of the other belt ply is in a range of 2.0 mm to 3.

Abstract: A steel cord is disclosed for use in reinforcing rubber products, especially automobile tires. In order to provide desirable rubber penetrability and break-resistance, three to six material wires are intertwisted into a steel cord having an elliptically shaped cross section having a ratio of its major diameter to its minor diameter of between 1.1 and 2.2. The cord is formed such that its material wires substantially contact each other near the ends of the major axis of the ellipse and are separated from each other near the end of the minor axis. The cord of the invention is normally formed such that a ratio the twist pitch to the material wire diameter is in the range of 30-80. However, if a high elongation of more than 5% is necessary, such can be imparted by intertwisting material wires such that the ratio of the twist pitch to the material wire diameter is in the range of 10-28.

Abstract: A heavy-duty pneumatic tire having a plurality of belt layers, wherein the outermost belt layer is made of a steel cord having a breaking extension of 4% or more and covers the end portion in the width direction of a first belt layer adjacent to the undersurface of said outermost belt layer, a rubber stock is provided on the outside of the end portion in the width direction of said first belt layer, the cord of said first belt layer and the cord of a second belt layer adjacent to the undersurface of said first belt layer are each inclined at an angle of 15.degree. to 25.degree. with respect to the circumferential direction of the tire and cross each other.

Abstract: Rubber-reinforcing fiber cords are disclosed which are constituted by at least one kind of fibers selected from a group consisting of aromatic polyamide fibers, entire aromatic polyester fibers and polyvinylalcohol fibers having a tenacity of not less than 15 g/d. Spaces among filaments constituting the cord are each impreganted with a rubbery material. Radial tires are also disclosed which each comprise at least one pair of bead wires, at least one carcass ply cord layer and at least one belt ply cord layer. Carcass ply cords and/or belt ply cords are constituted by the above rubber-reinforcing fiber cords.

Abstract: A tire formed of steel tire cords, in which each steel tire cord is provided with five strands of steel cords extending in the longitudinal direction and being twisted together, the strands being embedded in a belt layer, and only two of the strands extending in a zig-zag manner along the longitudinal direction thereof so as to form sharp angles therealong, the sharp angles of the different strands being in alignment with each other.

Abstract: A device (1) making it possible to apply at least one thread (2) to a supt (3) and characterized by the following features:it has a front clamp (4) and a rear clamp (5) along a direction of advance (F.sub.1);it has means (6, 7) for opening and closing said clamps (4, 5);it has means (8) permitting the displacement of the rear clamp (5) in the direction of advance (F.sub.1) or in a direction (F.sub.2) opposite to the direction of advance (F.sub.1); andit has means (9) for displacing the thread (2) in transverse directions.a reinforcing ply for a pneumatic tire having reinforcing threads applied on a support in a sinuous pattern having vertices.

Abstract: A radial tire is described having at least one band which extends in the circumferential direction of the tire and which at least regionally surrounds a breaker arrangement, with the ends of the band overlapping each other, in which the band consists of several individual strips the length of which is preferably so selected that the length of the overlap of the individual strip ends in the finished tire is at least substantially the same.

Abstract: A radial ply pneumatic tire (10) has an overlay structure (19) disposed radially outwardly of the belt reinforcing structure (14). The overlay structure (19) comprises side by side cables of 420/2 nylon having a cable twist of not greater than seven turns per inch.

Abstract: A heavy duty pneumatic radial tire running on rough road at high speed and having plural belt layers of steel cords comprises at least a pair of auxiliary protective strips superimposed on the belt layer so as to cover both end portions of the belt layer and protrude outward from the end portion, wherein cords of the auxiliary protective strips are inclined at an angle of 25.degree.-25.degree. with respect to the circumferential direction of the tire and are the same direction as in the cord direction of the belt layer supporting the auxiliary protective strips.

Abstract: A tire for a motorcycle having an arcuate shaped cross-section with a height to width ratio between 0.20 and 0.35 and a carcass reinforcing structure having first and second strips. The first strip is made up of mutually parallel cords having a thickness not exceeding 80 cords/dm at an angle between 22.degree. and 35.degree. to the equatorial plane. The second (radial outer) strip also has mutually parallel cords but these cords, as compared with those of the first strip, have less thickness, a lower elasticity modulus and are at an angle between 18.degree. and 30.degree. and in the opposite sense with respect to the tire equatorial plane.

Abstract: A radial ply pneumatic tire (1) has carcass plies (16, 17), folded axially around a pair of axially spaced apart bead cores (2). The crown reinforcement (5) has one belt ply (7) folded around at least two unfolded plies (8, 9) and a shoulder reinforcing structure (11) comprising a least three layers reinforced by textile cords, forming with an axial plane intersecting them, angles which are opposed. The layers have substantially the same width. In a preferred embodiment, the lateral extend (G) of the layers under the folded belt ply (7) ranges between B/4 and B/3, wherein B is half the lateral width of the folded ply and the lateral extent (L) into the sidewall, beyond the edge of the folded ply, ranges between G and 2G.

Abstract: A pneumatic tire reinforced by a reinforcing belt is provided, the reinforcing belt having at least one cord reinforced ply, and, in turn, the cord reinforced ply having a plurality of substantially parallel spaced apart elongated cross-section reinforcing cords. The ply may be a bias ply in which the reinforcing cords are disposed at a bias angle, or it may be an overlay ply being axially longer than any other plies and having curving ends which overlay and curve over the ends of any other plies to strengthen shoulder portions of the pneumatic tire. Preferably, in the case of an overlay ply, the reinforcing cords are disposed substantially circumferentially. Preferably also, the elongated cross-section of the reinforcing cords is elliptic; and, the reinforcing cords are thermoplastic monofilaments formed by extrusion.

Abstract: A crown portion of a pneumatic tire comprising at least one radial carcass ply and a belt of at least two cross belt layers is reinforced by arranging a strip containing wavy or zigzag-like cords or filaments between the carcass ply and the belt as a crown reinforcing layer.

Abstract: A pneumatic radial tire having at least one steel belt layer disposed at a tread portion, wherein each steel belt layer is constituted by mixing and arranging at random a plurality of steel cords having a 1.times.2 twist structure of an S twist and a plurality of steel cords having a 1.times.2 twist structure of a Z twist, and has a mixing ratio of the steel cords having the 1.times.2 twist structure of the S twist to the steel cords having the 1.times.2 twist structure of the Z twist within a range of 4:6 to 6:4 and a difference in the twist pitch of at least 1.5 mm.

Abstract: In a method of an apparatus for the manufacture of a flexible reinforced polymeric article, such as a breaker fabric for a pneumatic tire, a layer of polymeric material is fed from feed means to a conveyor and a pair of laying head carriages are arranged to lay to and fro over said polymeric layer two reinforcing cords in an arrangement in which two successive transverse portions of one cord lie interdigitated between two successive transverse portions of the other cord in a manner whereby the two cords are free from overlapping cross-over regions.Means may be provided for applying a second layer of polymeric material whereby the cords are embedded between and consolidated in said polymeric layers.

Abstract: A steel cord for the reinforcement of rubber articles is disclosed, which comprises a central base structure composed of 1 to 4 steel filaments, and at least one coaxial layer composed of plural steel filaments arranged around the central base structure so as to adjoin them to each other, these steel filaments being twisted in the same direction at the same pitch. In the steel cord of this type, the steel filaments constituting the central base structure have the same diameter (dc), while at least one steel filament of the coaxial layer has a diameter (dso) smaller than the diameter (dc) of the steel filament in the central base structure.

Abstract: A radial ply pneumatic tire (10) has carcass plies (13,14,15) reinforced by cables comprising only yarns of aramid filaments, and belt plies (31-35) reinforced by cables comprising at least one yarn of aramid filaments twisted together with at least one yarn of nylon or polyester filaments. In a preferred embodiment which is suitable for use on an aircraft, there are both turn-up (13,14) and turn-down (15) carcass plies.

Abstract: High strength polyester multifilament yarn of improved dimensional stability, which has the proper combination of an intrinsic viscosity of at least 0.90, relatively low work loss and a high degree of toughness, is incorporated as tire cord into a rubber tire for reinforcement to provide an important improvement in fatigue life and retained fatigue strength. The continuous melt-spin process comprises the steps of feeding prepolymer to a first finisher vessel to achieve at least 0.4 intrinsic viscosity transferring polymer to a second finisher vessel for a period sufficient to achieve an intrinsic viscosity of at least 0.95, and supplying this polymer to an extrusion spinnerette.

Abstract: An off-the-road heavy duty pneumatic radial tire is suitable to be used on irregular grounds or roads. The tire includes a carcass of radially arranged cords and a belt of a plurality of rubber coated steel cords. The belt comprises a main layer of first, second and third layers whose cords in adjacent layers are arranged inclined reversely to each other with respect to an equatorial plane of the tire and a protective layer laminated on the main layers. Cords of the protective layer are high elongation cords whose tensile breaking elongation is 1.4 to 3.0 times that of the cords of the main layer of the belt. The second layer is narrower than the adjacent first layer and much narrower than the adjacent third layer. The protective layer extends wider than the widest third layer. Edges of the protective layer are on extensions of a center line of a total thickness of the main layers.

Abstract: A heavy duty pneumatic radial tire including between a tread and at least one carcass layer, at least two belt layers, wherein an outermost belt layer disposed most closely to the tread out of all belt layers comprises a steel cord which has a cord structure of 2+7 made of an element wire having a carbon content of 0.77 to 0.92% by weight and a diameter d of 0.28 to 0.40 mm and which has a tenacity at break of (1700.about.2050)d.sup.1.872 (kgf/cord) and a ratio of an elongation at break .epsilon. to P.L.E., .epsilon./P.L.E., of at least 30, and a coat rubber having a 50% modulus of 10 to 40 kg/cm.sup.2, and wherein the outermost belt layer has a thickness of at least 1.67 times the minor diameter but at greatest 1.79 times the major diameter, of the steel cord.

Abstract: A pneumatic radial tire having improved comfortability and durability comprises a belt composed of at least two belt reinforcing layers, one of which layers contains high strength and high modulus polyvinyl alcohol fiber cords having particular properties.

Abstract: A radial tire for motorcycle, in which the steering stability at high running speed is improved and the ply separation at the breaker edges is lessened. The tire comprises: a radial carcass extending between bead portions of the tire; a tread disposed radially outside the carcass; and a breaker disposed between the carcass and the tread and having at least one ply of metallic cords coated with rubber; each metallic cord comprising a plurality of twisted strands; each strand consisting of at least three twisted filaments made of metal; the elongation of each metallic cord when loaded when 1.0 kgf/cord being in a range of 0.5 to 1.5%; the tangential modulus of elasticity of each metallic cord when loaded with 10 kgf/cord being in a range of 8,000 to 15,000 kgf.sq.mm.

Abstract: High strength steel wire for use e.g. in tire reinforcement is treated so as to have a cementite free surface region. This can be achieved by electroplating or other coating methods, or be decarburizing the surface. The wire has increased resistance to hydrogen embrittlement and corrosion fatigue. The wire with its ferrous surface region is then covered with a rubber adherent outer layer of e.g. brass.

Abstract: A pneumatic radial tire having a low noise and an improved cornering stability has a belt structure of at least two belt layers composed of at least one layer containing cords each obtained by twisting organic fibers and at least one layer containing steel cords, at least one of the organic fiber cord layers being interposed between the steel cord layer and a tread at a state that both transversely outermost end portions are folded inward. This organic fiber cord is a cord obtained by twisting high strength, high modulus polyvinyl alcohol fibers and has particular twisting coefficient and strength. The tire further satisfies a particular relation between a height of a turnup portion of a carcass ply around a bead portion and a tensile stress at 50% elongation of a bead filler rubber reinforcing the bead portion at room temperature.

Abstract: A pneumatic tire reinforced by steel cords embedded as a reinforcing layer in rubber is disclosed in which each of the steel cords has a multilayer structure composed of a core layer made of a number of element wires twisted together, and at least one sheath layer made of a larger number of element wires surrounding the core layer. The ends of some of the element wires are located at a distance of 1 to 10 mm from those of the other element wires in the longitudinal direction of each of the steel cords at the end portion thereof so that the end portion is unflat.

Abstract: A pneumatic radial tire having improved cornering stability, service durability and rolling resistance is provided by using high-elasticity, high-strength vinylon fiber having specified elongation and strength as a cord material for at least one belt layer in a belt composed of at least two belt layers. Particularly, noise level can be reduced without damaging other tire performances by combining at least one layer of high-elasticity, high-strength vinylon fiber cords with at least one layer of steel cords as a belt of the tire.

Abstract: Strand for application as reinforcement in objects of polymer material comprising at least one core and less than six outside wires arranged round it, the core having an outside diameter larger than the diameter of the circle tangent to each of the outside wires in the hollow space that remains free when their cross-sections have the highest packing density and smaller than the diameter of the outside wires, whereby the outside wires are made of carbon steel wire with a tensile strength of at least 2250-1130 log d N/mm.sup.2, d being the wire diameter in mm.

Abstract: A steel cord for reinforcing rubber is made by twisting a plurality of strands each made by twisting a plurality of element wires. The cord and the strands are twisted in the same direction. The product of the twisting ratio of the cord and that of the strands, the elongation coefficient of the cord and other factors are determined so that the rubber penetration and the rigidity and tenacity of the cord will be suitable for the carcass cord of steel radial tire.

Abstract: Rubberless tire bead assemblies are disclosed, containing either a single wire element or multiple wire elements wound about an axis to provide a plurality of convolutions of the single wire or multiple wire elements to provide the bead hoop and shape-retaining members engaging the bead hoop about the circumference of the bead hoop to retain the bead assembly in a planar configuration. Rubber tire bead assemblies having wire termination ends positioned internally or externally with respect to the bead assembly and methods of making these bead assemblies are disclosed.

Abstract: A steel cord for the reinforcement of rubber products and the like has an open twisted structure comprised of 3 to 6 steel filaments each having an ellipsoidally helical shape, and has a particular tensile elongation under a load of 5 kg.